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1942/09/14
Date on letter is "August 14," but internal evidence indicates that CLH is in Smyrna, TN, in September. CHL says that "planes in Smyrna are B-24s, not Flying Fortresses"; describes car trip to TN.
1942/09/19
Postcard of Fort Nashborough
1942/09/20
First class of men assigned to Smyrna for combat crews; CLH no longer includes detailed info because of wartime sensitivity.
1942/09/23
Details about CLH's life insurance policy; Kelley Hobbs's flight training.
1942/09/25
Describes turret gunner and nose compartments; stationary reads "Soldiers Lounge, Smyrna Methodist Church,"
1942/10/01
CLH is best man for friend Jack Hughes' wedding.
1942/10/06
CLH operates controls on landing for the first time: "You have to eat a lot of spinach to manhandle these controls on a landing."
1942/10/08
CLH includes card from Lawrence Hon sent from England; pays back the money he borrowed from E.S. Hobbs in Lubbock, after flight school graduation.
1942/10/15
Describes cross-country flights; Kelley Hobbs solos
1942/10/20
CLH's commander flies B-19s; CLH mentions Betty Dawson Horton, Aunt Grace Hobbs Dawson, and Uncle Dee Dawson.